The Portland daily press., 1887-02-11

ton. Messrs. Condor and O'Brien backe,
ND Talbot, and Messrs. Wakefield and Pat
tangall defended the contract with tn
Spragues. Mr.. Pattangall set the House int
roars of laughter by telling of the bad effec
| on the State printing that would be cause,
by the absence of Mr.. Morton, ''who now 1
putting into practice at Washington the ex
tensive nautical knowledge that he gainet
while going down to the sea in ships from
Augusta to Hallowell." When Mr.. Pattan
gall finished. no one else wanted to tackl
the Sprague contract or Its defender.
state Liquor Agency.
There are number of applicants for th,
position of State liquor agent The mos
prominent are; DIR. Savage of Lewiston, A
d. Latham and Col Littleteld Of Auburn, ID
b. Kicker of Portland, and j. w. Harmon O
Waterville.
Prides and Stroudwate..
The bills relating to Prides and Stroud
water bridges, when they came into the Sen
ate this morning, were tabled. They will LID
| there until Senator D0nnell, who Is away
| returns.
our RaiIroad Commissioners.
Senator Gilbert.of Canton is pushing his
idea of having the Railroad Commissioners
palu Dy tuo Otdto hoeoau VI ny tHe TOduS
they are intended to oversee. In the Senate
this morning he presented the following
order:
| That the committee on railroads. telegraph
and expresses be instructed to enquire Of the DIFF
| ferent railroad companies in this State for the
amount of money tE Il has been paid to the Rail
road Commissioners for services the past two
The Corner of peering.
The committee on towns considered the
boundary line of Portland and Deering to-
day. Mayor Chapman and City Solicitor
| Symonds represented Portland; George
Libby, Esq, was here for the petitioners !;
Judge Cleayes represented the remonstrants.
Mr.. Libby showedthat of 900 of resident
valuation, $5,05O were represented by the
petitioners, while 5000 was neither for petit
tiOners nor remOn suants. OF a nonresident
valuation of SIT, 800 there is for the peti-
tiOners S12,650, while $1,000 is neutral Mr..
Libby showed how much better it would be
for the people on the strip Of land to have
the advantages of POrtland's police, lights,
fire department, letter delivery, and espec-
tally Portland's schools. Deering High
School is a mile and three-quarters away,
and for years scholar in this district has
not graduated from that school. City Engi-
neer Goodwin, Street Commissioner Staples,
Chief Engineer Cloyes and General Ander-
son appeared in support of Portland's repre-
sentation. For Deering, l.. b. bennett,
Esq, opened the case. Messrs. Samuel
Stewart and ID. ID. Chenery were witness on
that side. The arguments to the committee
will he made tomorrow morning. 1t is very
uncertain how the committee will stand, but
Portland's friends are confident tonight.
Mayor Chapman is working, as he has
worked all along, very hard in the city's in
terest, and is confident that the committee,
and then the Legislature, will do the right
thing.
Lobster Hearing.
The committee on fisheries and game al
lowed the lobster fight to go on again this
afternoon. w. S. Trefethen of Portland
was here, and talked to the committee an
hour and half He wanted all laws in re-
lation to the lobster done away with. He
thought that under the present law there
were as many Holsters taken both under and
over the legal length as If there, were no
law at all. He knew, he. said, that there
were thousands Of short Holsters kept In
cars and shipped off in secret.
General Matt0cks argued for the present
law, and True p Pierce for the abolition of
close time with 10a inches the legal length.
paraoned.
The Council todayrecommended pardon
for Samuel Rounds of Scarboro, sentenced to
State Prison for three years for forgery.
When Rounds had served out a portion of
his time in the State Prison, he was taken
out on writ of error and placed in Portland
jail. He staid in this Jail year before the
exceptions were overruled and he was re-
turned to prison to complete his term which
the writ of error interrupted. His total con-
finement win amount TO three years within a
month. But to complete his prison term OF
three years he would have to remain a year
longer. His counsel, Mr.. Moulton of Port
land, argued that he shonld be pardoned, as
if not pardoned, he would suffer imprison-
ment for four years on three years sem
tence The Governor and Council thought
so too.
Cumberland and oxford Canal.
Before the legal affairs committee this af-
ternoon and evening. General Mattocks' pc
tition for revival of the charter of the old
Cumberland and Oxford canal has been un-
der consideration General Mattocks ap-
peared for himself. Hon. W. w. Thomas,
Jr., appeared for the remonstrants, who in
clude the people of the Oriental Powder
Mills, at Gambo, the Portland & Ogdensburg,
the abuttors on the canal, and others. The
object of reviving the charter is to allow a
giving rail connection from Saccarappa to
Sebago. From Sebago to Mechanic Falls the
railroad committee today approved the char
ter for a road. So here are the ailments OF
rail route from Mechanic Falls to Saccarap-
pa, or from the Grand Trunk to the Portland
q Rochester by route that does not go with
in five miles of Portland. Looking at 1T an
other way it would give route from Port
land to Canton (by the Buckfield road from
Mechanic Falls to Cant0n) and thence, at
some future time, perhaps. to the. magnlh-
cent water power at Rumford Falls. The
testimony was closed tonight. The argu-
ments will be made next Wednesday,
The Union Depot.
The committee on railroads today voted to
report favorably the bill to incorporate the
Union Depot Company, of Portland.
Minor Matters in Committees.
Among the matters on which committees
decided this Afternoon to make favorable re-
ports, are
The bill to amend the act to incorporate the
Kennebec Log Driving Company.
The bill to allow certain parties to navigate by
steam the Kennebec river between Norridgewock
The bill to incorporate the Pond sheer Boom
Company,
The bill providing punishment for the carrying
of passengers free on ferry without license.
In the matter of changing the law relating
to the lien on buildings the judiciary COM
mittee decide that legislation is inexpedient.
The same committee also vote legislation in
expedient on the proposition to allow judges
of probate to distribute real estate Of a de-
ceased person to the widow or children.
State Board of Health.
A majority of the judiciary committee de-
cided this afternoon that the appropriation
for the State Board of Health should be in
creased from 5000 to $5OOU a minority,
however, do not so agree, and they say they
will make minority report. This minority
is quite large, and may make trouble for the
appropriation.
No New Capital Offences.
Yesterday Judge Goddard of Portland,
went before the Judiciary committee to urge
the passage of bill to provide for the bet
ter security of passengers. AT present If a
person wilfully obstructs railroad track to
wreck the train, he is murderer, and may
be hung if any passengers are killed. But in
case Of simple injury the offence is not muir
der in the first degree. Judge Goddard
wants law passed so that If passengers are
injured, the offence may be made murder.
s"fhis judiciary committee" said one OF
three tonight, care not in disposition to
create new capital offence; 50 we have
voted legislation inexpedient on the Judges